Supporting device



JuneA 29 1926. 1590,98()

1:. c. LAMB 4SUFPBORTING DEVI GE Filed June l, l19,25 n

A TTORNE YJ:

lPaitentie'd June 1926.

-DAvln-eimiym @E ANNEABBORMieieiefimfAssieme ireeeiileiiii' fCAREY;oemernerwflvrierireei1- f The invention is'parti'c'iil'zirlydeletedV fier use in eenileeten with the supporting @iflidsy for trunkfeieeder :ChesteY redfe Gabinete; for heldilg .Y garagedeeref opeu, in... Connection With.; wi'1 1dew eaeeiiienes, 'es e.Suppert' for simplefiyee Stiengeeiistituetion Whelij Wil oeeupy en '.zineenspieueue pesiT tien, endlwillieffeetively hlolljdl the f lijd,ydoor 0 1? Qtiieiu .ereble member 'in any edili/Seed n the viceciridi;ieifie-eied,peitieiilierekent eiveyi end igerlQliseflengitlidiiieleeeten through Reieiiiiiig, melee Tpertieiileiiyte. diedrewinge-eed lier Une- .1preeefiit. te Figureel 1 te .5

inclusive l1 designates the bedy efe here,`

een; 'Thed lidyisraeipied m beheld m an le desired., bythefimpre-Yedsupg@ortingE er hef the` foreggingihand `'otii'e r in View, .thenreiieiemwilibemore fully, de

ing;'@reeeenqpsedigotthe;twg'mern-i Ve.ndihe,remindedenteren@ i berssiiOWnjin Fignres @and V5.* 'fThe innermember oi -the hpldng deviceVVConsists o ffa, fiat v'relatiielyAthin bal; 14 fof spring steel; orother appropriate" materiel "having the perforations l5` 'near one endfor,l receivingthe screw., 01j other fastenin'gl yby WIiiei-jsucli end-Ofgtlie-harris hingedte the bii'eket 17:, Y. A

This bracket isgr'an angle'. .braeketend l'is Vsecured*as by thefastening ,vl'S-tefthe under izitlitsl'oppesite end; 'preferablycent-rlly.;and l''gngitudingilly, the seperated. 'Iterininaendsdiieeti'ens freni the pleine; of the bari i rEhe Y bei le'iie reise'prordedlivit'h fiile' teligile 21 iierieiegitsyendfnewest' therteriiiiiril 'eiidef Qlmetedgfwitigthe bar.. The ten/gire" Sidefe'-endparallel; ,Withithe H ledigii l'oiigitii-V diritti:` line,theljeef-jvlOnefl .end-jy I Of'j the`v` te-ng'ne is; .Severed-eeiepletelyf from the leer;y ie reundecliandjbent "up ,frein the44p'lzine'foi the bar -eilQng-V ithe i line Vof ffiexure or hinge" line'2li leaying' ithevflat'gpoiti'en '25f0r' permitting of resilientmovement fon the part ci the tengnel.,

i Thebe-raso, formed 1e a-depted te teleeeepe ite'g'eeuely, tlieu'gli" 1het i neeeseerilyv fiei1i-:.ge single piece of 'fia-ti steel ghifnggfits` inte-rmediite portion, feriiiingtliebeee ielld'gitle trai lineQS'O'the top'p'ortioneprevidn the perf-glen... 1Theisifieeiieiiefeegareirene-ue eef' f other fastening 34 by Whilehgtheeasing, iS pivotally securedte jonesideilth' brox bedy imperi VInthe'iise of 'the device the bar'14 is slid Y into the casing andconnected t'o the lid and boxas shown and already described. In theact-.of opening the lid 12, the bar V14 will be drawn outtfo 'a greateror less extent from the casing. 26 according to the angle at which thelidis opened. In opening the lid to the v or vholding-device'. frombeing separated. V'lhevsides 36 ofthe perforation are fiat lto agreewith .the Hat sides'of the vouter tip portionof the tongue 21 andrtoguidel the tongue into and out of the perforation. The tongue will alsoact V'against both 4under edges of the wings 29 and -30 throughout the-courseof itsl longitudinal movement in the casing and willthus-exert,together-withthe wings, aresilient tendency which will frio.

tionally resist the movement of the lidand cause pressureto VYbe put"thereon. The lid may be held by this frictional resistance in anypositionY ofv angular adjustment. The tongue 21 acting on the wings 29and 30 near their free edges 28 lwill'secure a. high degree vofresiliency and yet suflicient pliability in the movement of the deviceandthe lid. In

addition the two separated terminal ends 19 Y and 20 of the bar 14 willact on the wings 29 I V*and 30."y These separated ends will be pracykeep1 'tically of the-same width as thewings 29 and 30l and will exerttension' thereon vthroughout the breadth of the wings. The

terminal end 19 will bear directly upward against the wing 29, while theterminal end 20 -willbear downwardly against the base 27 and'will forceadjacent parts of the bar 14 up against the wing 30' and will Vserve tothe'tongue 21 close aga-inst thevtwo Wings.4V J Y "1 As shown in Figure1 the terminal ends 19 andf20'in the'fullyclosed positionof the lid 12will occupy the space just beyond the Vremoved endsV of the wings 29 and30. In ffact these terminal ends will snap out from beneath `the wingswhen.A thelid is fully closed and will' be permitted to expand to theirfully distended position thereby holdingthe box lid efiectually closedand requiring aconsiderable application of direct force before theinertia ofthe device can be overcome. yThe device forms a verysatisfactory;Y

while inexpensive device. l

Referring more particularly to Figures 6 to 10 inclusive the bar member40 in this form of the device is'secured by the-,fastening 41 to theangle clip 42 which is shown as secured bythe fastening 43 tothegaragedoor 44 (dotted lines). The garage door is shown as hinged at 45.

-The bar slides back andrforth in the;V 'casing 46 and is provided atits inner end with the diagonal slots or incisi-ons 47 and 48 whichconverge rearwardly forming the substantially triangulaitongues 49 and50. These tongues kare both bent up into Vcontact with thewings 51Y andv52 at the top portion ofthe casing 'and theyeXert a frictionalresistance against these wings,the wings being also of resilientmateria-l adding tofthe fi'ictional* resistance.

Thetriangular tongues 4 9and 50 are dise posed inthe path of theperforations 53' and 54 and they are 'adaptedto enter thesep'erforations to arrest the separation of the cas- Ving .andv bar. The.vca singfi's providedvr ywith the perforation 55 by which' 'itis""'s*'e,`CL1Ie dV to the top of the garage. .The wings 51, 52 areVprovided withthe elongatedslot 56Y between theml and between theYperforations 53 and 54`in order to permit'theY wingsto be beaten downat this end upon thebar 40 [so that the' space between the'wing'sand thebai" isYV Y muchv less at this end than'between vthe 'bar and theremaining portions o fthe casing.

'Ihe idea involved is to create aV greater frictional Vresistanceatfthis end. of Vthe-cz'isin'gV when the tongues 49 andv 50 enter. theflat tened portions of the wings. Thisoccurs when the garage doorisjnea'ring'thel fully Vopen position. Garage doors are heavy and theyare apt to be blown l'shut bythe wind andv considerable resistanceV isrequired` to offset this condition. The tongues y49 and 50 in theflattened portions of theV wings will vdevelop avery high resistance,suitable for .this purpose. f Q Y Y It is obvious that variouschangesand modifications may be made in the details of construction and designof the above speci#Y fically described embodiment of this inventionwithout departingY from the `spirit thereof, such changes andmodicationsbeing restricted only'by the scope of the following claims. Ya

That is claimed is:-

1. Aholding deviceof v`the character'de-` scribed comprising a casinghaving resilientwings, and bar slidably fitted in thecasing and havingresilient portions bentl out of iio the plane of the bargfor actingindividually against said wingsto'develop frictional resistance in saidwings and in said resilient portions of the bar. 2. A holding device asdescribed comprising a casing having independent resilient wings, a barslidable in the casing and having resilient end portions bearingfrictionally against said wings and atongue bearing in common againstsaid' wings, said casing 'having a stopto engage said tongue. 1

3. A holdingdevice as described compris slidabie n said easing andhaving separated terminal ends bent out ofy the plane ofthe har andresiliently pressing against *said Wings,`said vhar also having atongue-pressed Vup vfrom the intermediate portion thereof and bearinginvcommon against said Wings,

A*said Wings terminating short at one .endwhereby said terminal ends ofthev bar may* in the fully telescoped position ofy the harv extendbeyond the Wings, said Wings having. w l

a'perforation to receive` said tongue in the `fully open position of thebar whereby to arrest the movement of the har. y

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